Variability of precipitation intensity: Sensitivity to treatment of moist convection in an RCM and a GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 183-200

  Lorant, Virginie ^a   McFarlane, Norman A ^a   Scinocca, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOISTURE;

EID: 32444442980     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0076-6     Document Type: Article

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